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That's not necessarily a bad thing, it just is what it is. We haven't signed what we thought was an elite player in free agency since Sean Gilbert in 1998. We haven't had a Colts 2015 offseason since 1996 when we signed Eric Davis and Kevin Greene, both of which were coming off Pro Bowl years.

If you decide to become a fan of the Carolina Panthers, this is what you sign up for and should know going in. We'll have a quiet free agency period this year, next year, and the year after that. Why that has kept happening through different GMs, I can only speculate. But don't act like our big free agent signing being some dude named Teddy Williams is something that's only happened this year and has only happened with Gettleman.

That's why when Steve Smith ended up in jail in 2002 after ending fellow receiver Anthony Bright's career by breaking his nose and eye socket, he definitely wasn't signed to a 6 year $27 million extension after the 2003 season.

That's why when Steve Smith was suspended by the Panthers for 2 games for seriously injuring Ken Lucas during practice in 2008, he definitely wasn't signed to a 3 year extension in 2012.

OH NO WAIT

Steve Smith was a cancer hated by everyone in the organization except Jerry Richardson for some unknown reason and he managed to stay on this team for 13 seasons despite assaulting fellow teammates MULTIPLE times in front of dozens of witnesses both times. He essentially ended both guys' careers. He stayed in part due to elite talent.

But yet Greg Hardy, who was also charged with a misdemeanor assault charge (with no eyewitnesses mind you), is getting booted out the door? Despite how godly he has played in recent seasons? Despite still being young, despite playing a much more important position than wide receiver?

Can someone please help me make sense of this? Smith had his misdemeanor assault charge dropped too, but only after he entered a deferred-prosecution program. Greg Hardy won't have to do a thing and charges have been immediately dropped period. What the hell?

This is actually a little WTF. Source: Vox.com using information compiled from Facebook. If you're looking for a college basketball team to root for, Orange County (UNC) is pro-Panthers, while Durham (Duke) and Wake (NC State) are pro-Steelers. I'm a little stunned at the amount of Steelers fans in eastern NC; wasn't this supposed to be Redskins country pre-Panthers? There's only 1 county out of 100 in North Carolina with more Redskins fans than Panthers and none in South Carolina.

Thoughts? This list goes roughly in order across NC from west to east.

Cherokee: Falcons

Clay: Falcons

Graham: Cowboys

Swain: Cowboys

Macon: Steelers

Jackson: Panthers

Haywood: Packers

Madison: Steelers

Buncombe (Asheville): Steelers

Transylvania: Steelers

Henderson: Panthers

Polk: Panthers

Rutherford: Panthers

Yancey: Panthers

Mitchell: Panthers

McDowell: Cowboys

Avery: Cowboys

Watauga: Panthers

Ashe: Panthers

Caldwell: Panthers

Burke: Panthers

Cleveland: Panthers

Gaston: Panthers

Lincoln: Panthers

Catawba: Panthers

Alexander: Panthers

Wilke: Panthers

Alleghany: Panthers

Surry: Panthers

Yadkin: Panthers

Iredell: Panthers

Mecklenburg: Panthers

Union: Panthers

Cabarrus: Panthers

Rowan: Panthers

Davie: Panthers

Stokes: Panthers

Forsyth: Panthers

Davidson: Panthers

Rowan: Panthers

Stanly: Panthers

Anson: Panthers

Richmond: Panthers

Montgomery: Panthers

Randolph: Panthers

Guilford: Panthers

Rockingham: Panthers

Caswell: Steelers

Alamance: Panthers

Chatham: Steelers

Moore: Panthers

Scotland: Panthers

Hoke: Steelers

Harnett: Steelers

Lee: Steelers

Wake (Raleigh): Steelers(?????????)

Orange (Chapel Hill): Panthers

Durham (Duke): Steelers

Person: Cowboys

Cumberland (Fayetteville): Steelers

Robeson: Panthers

Johnston: Steelers

Sampson: Steelers

Bladen: Steelers

Granville: Steelers

Vance: Cowboys

Warren: Cowboys

Northampton: Steelers

Columbus: Panthers

Brunswick (Wilmington): Panthers

New Hanover: Panthers

Pender: Steelers

Onslow: Steelers

Duplin: Steelers

Carteret: Panthers

Pamlico: Steelers

Beaufort: Cowboys

Wayne: Cowboys

Lenoir: Steelers

Greene: Cowboys

Wilson: Cowboys

Nash: Cowboys

Edgecombe: Cowboys

Franklin: Cowboys

Pitt: Steelers

Hertford: Cowboys

Gates: Panthers

Chowan: Cowboys

Perquimans: Cowboys

Pasquotank: Cowboys

Bertie: Cowboys

Martin: Cowboys

Camden: Vikings

Currituck: Cowboys

Dare: Redskins

Washington: Vikings

Tyrrell: Cowboys

Hyde: Steelers

Craven: Steelers

Jones: Steelers

South Carolina (only going to list the few counties that are actually Panthers fans, this state is dominated by Steelers fans):